French Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: General Introduction
Part 2: Unfair Competition
Part 3: Commercial negotiation
Title 1: Introduction
Title 2: Scope of application
Chapter 1: Principle
I: Boycotts
II: Disparagement
IV: Information exchanges
V: Professional unions and organizations
VI: Undeclared partnerships
VII: Cooperatives
VIII: Joint ventures
Section 2: Vertical agreements
Title 4: Abuse of Dominance
Title 5: Exclusive overseas import rights
Part 5: Competition procedure
Part 6: Merger Control
291. Conditions for prohibition
1 minute de lecture
The response to calls for tenders in the public sector is the main crutch of most horizontal agreements. The artificiality of the bidding process incites undertakings to arrange amongst themselves to share the market. The prearranged bid consists in designating ahead of time the lowest bidder, while organizing the rest of the bids to be made by other undertakings as “cover”. These bids, although i …